A new web site, Spinspotter, now offers a beta version of a downloadable toolbar that can spot spin.
Business Week explains how the algorithm and user-generated database of key words and phrases works and talks to the people behind the project. A NY Times tech blogger already took the “spinoculars” for a spin and reviews how it performed.
The toolbar is only compatible with Firefox; an Internet Explorer version is due to be launched soon.
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(Hat tip: Romenesko)
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